It has its roots in the Yoruba religion from Nigeria and was brought to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean during the slave trade. It borrows the gods or Orishas from that religion. However ...

Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrate Meskel, the first major festival of the religious year. Bishop John Inge says it has been “a great privilege” to lead the diocese of Worcester.

America is one of the most religious countries in the West. About two-thirds of its voters identify as Christian. But - things are changing and the nation has become less devout in the last few ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Addis Ababa to celebrate Meskel, an annual religious ...

Unexpected because a gender gap in religion, where women are more likely to identify with and practice Christianity, has been a consistent feature of the American religious landscape going back ...

Religion has long been a central part of life for many. But recent trends in the United States have revealed that increasingly more people are leaving religion. By 2070, many project that Christianity ...

Yet, most American adults agree that religion should be separate from government. This widely shared belief is a cornerstone of religious freedom. As a scholar of religious freedom, I have studied ...

Religion has been one of the oldest reasons for travel in India. While the tourism and hospitality industries are important to the south Asian country’s GDP, leisure travel, specifically makes ...

The two candidates also aren’t seen as “religious” by many Americans, the survey found. “Most don’t think that the words Christian or religious describe either candidate extremely or very well,” ...

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) called Vice President Harris “the biggest threat to religious liberty we’ve had in at least a generation” during a campaign event in North Carolina, and he suggested ...